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Frederick Parkhurst Dodd

Summary

Frederick Parkhurst Dodd (11 March 1861 - 27 July 1937) was an Australian entomologist. He was known as the Butterfly Man of Kuranda.

Frederick Parkhurst Dodd
Frederick Parkhurst Dodd, with a case containing his largest specimen of the moth, Coscinocera hercules, The Hercules Moth, 1930s
Born11 March 1861
Wickliffe, Victoria
Died27 July 1937
Kuranda, Australia
Resting placeKuranda Cemetery
NationalityAustralian
Known forEntomological collection
ChildrenAlan Dodd

Elizabeth Dodd

Katherine Dodd
Parents
  • Frederick Dodd Sr. (father)
  • Maria Mayes (mother)
Frederick Parkhurst Dodd in his garden with a butterfly net, 1930s

Born in Victoria, Dodd worked in a bank in Townsville, Queensland for ten years before taking up entomology full-time. A number of species are named after him and his collection of insects was of importance. He undertook collecting expeditions in New Guinea as well as Australia.

The Taeniopterygidae genus Doddsia is named for him.

Frederick Dodd’s collecting net on display at the Queensland Museum in South Brisbane

Dodd's son Alan, and daughters Elizabeth and Katharine, continued the entomological tradition.

Further reading edit

  • Monteith, Geoff, The Butterfly Man of Kuranda, Frederick Parkhurst Dodd. Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1992.
  • Musgrave, A., Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775-1930. Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1932.

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Frederick Parkhurst Dodd.
 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Frederick Parkhurst Dodd.
  • Dodd, Frederick Parkhurst (1861 - ), biography at the University of Melbourne's Bright Sparcs project.
  • Queensland Museum The Butterfly Man of Kuranda Exhibitions